Beet harvester



W. HOAGG.

BEET HARVESTER. Armcmou msn ou. 1|. 1920.

1,436,501. Patented Nov. 21,1922.

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' APPLICATION FILED ocr. 11. 1920. 1,436,501.

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Patented Nov. 21, 1922.

W. HOAGG.

BEET HARVESTER.

APPucAnoN manv ocr. 11. 1920.

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BEETfHARVESTER. APPLICATION FILED ocr.\1.192o.

1,436,501 Patented Nov. 21, 1922.

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UNITED STATES 1,436,5eii

PATENT .or-rica 1 wanna Hoses, or DETROIT, moineau,

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, application mcd october 11, 192e. serial no. 415,977.

To all 'wko/fn, it may comme:

States, residing at De- This invention relates-to beet .harvester-s,

" and has forits chief characteristic, the providing of means for entracting the beets or vroots from the ground in a quick order "without injuring the same.

` tion will be better understood when the -fol- The nature and advantages of the invenlowng detail description is read in connection with the accompanying drawings, the invention residing in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as In the drawings forming part of this application like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views and .whereinz--- Figure 1 is a top plan view of the machine forming the subject matter of my invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a similar `view looking from the opposite side of the machine.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail view of the puller or extracting arms.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on line 66 of Figure 1. E

- Fi re 6 is afragmentary view showing the` riving means for the beet extracting means.

The machine forming the subject matter of my invention comprises a frame including the spaced side members 10 and end members 11 and 12 respectively. One side of the frame 'is olf-set as at 13 adjacent the rear end thereof to accommodate the `beet and root pulling mechanism to be presently .respect-ive' discs for. wheels ,areali point beylondone' side of the machine is proa 'vided .with clutch members 22 and 23 re spcctlvely. A lever M :i's 4Vutilized .to draw theclutches into andout of enga ement.`

A drive chain 125' is'trained overt ei'ggeanl 26 formingpart ofthe clutch member 23, and over a. ear 27 fixed 4upon 4the hub of the tractorw eel 17;. -W-hen the clutch' members are in operative fassociatiomit is'fmanifest that the shaft"21sisorotatedb;7 the tractor wheel v17. The shaft 2l is d nvenafew gyratlons faster perfminutethan the'drive wheel Each of the discsuor wheels 20 1s4 providedwith a plurality of opening's28 adjacent the eriphery of the wheel. Arranged to sli e througheachopening is a root orbeet. ullerarm `30. 'The arms-are arranged horizontally, while .the arms of the ed to work in pairs,l the arms fof each 'palr being moved toward and awa fromeach other in successive orderat pre etermined intervals. Arran ed4 between each wheel or disc 20.and the adjacent side ofthe frame is a cam 31 securedvto the frame by means ofthe braces orv supports32. The outer end of each arm has 'ournaled thereon a pair of spaced .whee s' 34 `which engage thel opposite faces or sides of theadja'cent caml.` The inner ends ofthe arms' 30 are relatively Vbroad-and havesecured thereto tips 35 of vrubber or other soft material.'"`Theparts are :so ar-` ranged, that 'when the-machine'is in operation and the `wheels 20 are rotated, the `arms 430 of the respective wheels are moved toward each other in pairsas the wheels approach' the groundto effectively engagethe root-orf beets to be extracted., The arms'are moved in this 4manner byreason `of their association withthe cam 3L, 4while the rubber tips 35 allow the arms to obtain :an effective ur-v chase upon whatever is being extracted rom the ground@ As" the wheels 20 continue lto rotate, the beets or roots-.are .extracted fromthe ground and carried ibetweenthe arms to a point adjacent the top of the wheels. At this point the rollers 34 start to travel over the off-set portion 36 of each cam 31, and consequently move the arms of each pair away from each other, releasing the beet or root and depositing the same onthe endless conveyor 37. v The conveyor 37 carries the beets in the direction of the forward end-ofA the machine upon which the to Ping mechanism isl mounted f and Vindicate generally at A Whl th@ machine is primarily 1ntended yas efbeet puller and topperfit-is snseeptible .for use inrpullin beans,.on1ons and other kinds of roots, an' a general application is contemplated by .the claims.

shown.

While it is believed that from the foregoing descril'ntion,v the nature Aand advantages of the invention will be readil ap- 'arent,-'I Adesire to have ittunde'rstoo `that do =not limit lmyself to Vwhat is herein shown and vdescribed andethat` such chan es fmay-lbe-resorted Vto 'when desired as Hell Within!l the scope of what is claimed What -I claimde: `1. In amachine .of theelass described, a,

-.beet extracting mechanism comprising spaced :wheels mounted :for rotation, -ineansrior ro- '.tatinV `.=said=wheels, each wheel'havin'g a. circum erentialseriesof spaced openi'n horizontally `disposed 4arms slidably tted in ieech opening, tips' associated with :said

wheels, and means lfor movingfthe farms of the respective, wheels -in .pairsltoward 'and away from each other-at predetermined inter-vals: .Y

'- 2'. In le machinerof the .class described,ra.

- beet extracting mechanism comprising spaced Thev conveyor 37 is driven "rom'the shaft 21 as wheels mounted" for; rotatiomfmeansd rotating said'wheels, ech' vvheelhv'ing a -cir- 3. 'In a machine -ofl the` clss .described, a heet extractmgmechanlsm; comprising spaced wheelsy mounted forA rotatlon, means for rotating said wheels a circumferential series of arms carried .by -each fwheel--and independently 'movable ,thereoma Vcam fixed on the A machine adjacent 'each-:wheeh a, pair of spaced rollers carriedb r-the-outer'end of each arm-and engagin .t e opposite sides of the adjacent cam, sai vcein-l'revingits'oiset portion disposed Smthatthe'arms of the respective wheelsmove :in pairsv tow-ard and away from each other at predetermined 1nter-vals.

t away .from 1each otheietJ pre- 'determined intervals. f

Intestimonywhereof Ipax-my signature. n

WALTER Heiieei 

